Business and Finance
Published on May 18, 2013 - Page 6
GM stock on rise
DETROIT (AP) — Shares of General Motors reached an important milestone on Friday, closing above their initial public offering price...
Published on May 18, 2013 - Page 8
In workplaces across the nation, Americans are inviting their colleagues to chip in $2 for a Powerball ticket and a shared daydream.
With $600...
Published on May 17, 2013 - Page 5
Dear Mr. Berko: You have said often that the $85 billion a month the Federal Reserve injects into the banking system has forced stock prices to rise...
Published on May 17, 2013 - Page 12
WASHINGTON (AP) —Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages rose this week but stayed near their historic lows.
Cheaper mortgages have helped the...
Published on May 16, 2013 - Page 26
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google on Wednesday launched a subscription-based music service, allowing users of Android phones and tablets to listen to their...
Published on May 15, 2013 - Page 20
NEW YORK (AP) — The surge in oil production in the U.S. and Canada and shrinking oil consumption in the developed world is transforming the global...
Published on May 14, 2013 - Page 2
Factory death toll at 1,127
SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Several of the biggest Western retailers embraced a plan that would require them to pay for...
Published on May 14, 2013 - Page 14
NEW YORK (AP) — The Obama administration on Monday filed a last-minute appeal to delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of...
Published on May 14, 2013 - Page 18
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) —A federal judge approved a $40 million class-action settlement Monday between Skechers USA Inc. and consumers who bought toning...
Published on May 13, 2013 - Page 10
Some readers have asked for my opinion on the Japanese stock market, the Japanese economy and the stocks of Toyota, Mitsubishi, Honda, Canon,...
Published on May 11, 2013 - Page 24
WASHINGTON (AP) —The U.S. government reported a rare surplus of $113 billion for April — the largest in five years and a sign of the nation’s...
Published on May 11, 2013 - Page 24
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic Corp. reported a near-record net loss of $7.5 billion for the fiscal year through March...
Published on May 10, 2013 - Page 5
NEW YORK (AP) — Sears Holdings Corp. is launching a program at its namesake department stores that will allow financially strapped shoppers unable to...
Published on May 10, 2013 - Page 10
LOS ANGELES (AP) —Roger Corman’s campy B movies, children’s shows like “Sesame Street” and “Inspector Gadget,” and inspirational monologues by...
Published on May 9, 2013 - Page 21
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (AP) — Drugmaker Merck & Co. says the Food and Drug Administration is reviewing its second application to sell a new...
Published on May 7, 2013 - Page 18
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Men who are bashful about needing help in the bedroom no longer have to go to the drugstore to buy that little blue pill.
In a...
Published on May 6, 2013 - Page 5
BOSTON (AP) — At least two online campaigns aimed to help David Henneberry buy a new boat after his was shot up while a Boston Marathon bombing...
Published on May 6, 2013 - Page 10
Dear Mr. Berko: I was thinking of buying another 100 shares of Altria Group LLC because it pays a 4.95 percent dividend and because it seems to be a...
Published on May 4, 2013 - Page 24
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway’s first-quarter profit jumped 51 percent as its insurance companies performed well and the value of its...
Published on May 4, 2013 - Page 24
Dear Mr. Berko: I would like to invest $100,000 of my individual retirement account (which is worth $330,000) in safe dividend-paying stocks and...